Gerald Williams (born 21 October 1954) is a Welsh former rugby union international.[1]
| Date of birth | 21 October 1954 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Swansea, Williams attended Heol Gam Comprehensive School.[2]
Williams was a scrum-half, who played a lot of his rugby with Bridgend RFC, notably captaining them to a win over Australia at Brewery Field in 1981.[3] He gained four Wales caps across the 1981 and 1982 Five Nations Championships.[2]
Retiring as a player at age 34, Williams was briefly coach of the Glamorgan Wanderers.[4]
Williams joined South Wales Police in 1989, initially as a crime scene investigator, before beginning a long career as a fingerprint laboratory technician two years later. He was involved in investigating the scene of the Clydach murders.[2]
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References edit
- ^ "Gerald Williams". Wales Online. 22 September 2006.
- ^ a b c "Former rugby international Gerald is a dab hand". Wales Online. 22 September 2006.
- ^ "Tourists at cross-roads". Liverpool Echo. 29 October 1981.
- ^ "Ex-Wales star is new coach at Wanderers". South Wales Echo. 27 April 1987.